Standish treadwell is the protagonist and hero of maggot moon. Sally gardner is a british childrens writer and illustrator. Standish seems to travel freely between reality and fantasy. Gramps is a messhis face is all smoky, his shirt torn and burnt. Feb 12, 20 standish treadwell, 15, has lost parents, neighbors, best friend. Sometimes, it may seem like the maggots appear from nowhere, but its just that you didnt notice the fly or its eggs. Jan 15, 20 british writer sally gardners fifth novel, maggot moon, set in a tyrannical dictatorship called the motherland, the sort of place europe might have become had the nazis won world war ii, is. All disappeared from zone seven, a postwar occupied territory, into the hellish clutches of the motherland. Sally gardner on maggot moon and dyslexia bbc news.
Jun 19, 20 image caption maggot moon is a novel set in a dystopian version of 1950s britain. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, maggot moon is the stunning new novel from awardwinning author sally gardner. Fifteenyearold standish lives in a ruined building with his grandfather in dismal. Standish treadwell narrates in short, fastpaced chapters, illustrated by theatrical designerdirector crouch with flipbookstyle images of rats, flies, and maggots. Maggot moon tells the story of a dyslexic schoolboy, standish treadwell. Maggot moon, a literary david someday my printz will come. It might be variously classified as historical fiction, mystery, or science fiction. Sally gardner is the daughter of two lawyers, raised in birmingham. March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner tomes and. Maggot moon by sally gardner extract internet archive. Another guest post it took a while for anyone to take us up on the offer, but when it rains, it pours. When his best friend hector is suddenly taken away, standish treadwell realises that it is up to him, his grandfather and a small band of rebels to confront and defeat the everpresent oppressive forces of the motherland. Maggot moon by sally gardner overdrive rakuten overdrive.
Maggot moon by sally gardner, julian crouch waterstones. Standish lives with his grandfather in zone 7, in a dystopian 1950s england where violence, torture. She got different awards for this dystopian novel which is mostly addressed to teenagers. In gardners maggot moon, the dyslexic hero standish treadwell stands up to a brutal dictatorship. Jan, 20 standish treadwell is the protagonist and hero of maggot moon. Teenage offspring of the herondales, carstairs, fairchilds, and other angeldescended nephilim continue their families demonfighting ways amid a round of elegant london balls, soirees, salons, picnics, and romantic. The voice of its narrator, standish treadwell, is absorbing and striking.
Why was the moon man silenced by government agents. It engages with complex, fascinating ideas in an original manner, and the writing is full of beautiful images. You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars. Maggot moon by sally gardner is set in an alternative dystopian britain in the 1950s. Maggot moon summer reading 2017 libguides at central. Used by somebody of higher rank to degrade andor humiliate somebody of lower. Maggot moon by sally gardner, julian crouch, paperback.
There are traintrack thinkers, says hector, then theres you, standish, a breeze in the park of imagination p. The moon man steals back down into cellar street, and gramps appears at the kitchen door. Maggot moon is a fascinating book, one i admired greatly, and here to talk about its printzly qualities is barbara moon. A dystopian city in the 1950s where people with impurities or disabilities were treated differently and sent to different areas. Sally gardner novel maggot moon wins carnegie medal bbc news. Hes a fifteenyearold boy, but he cant read or write because hes dyslexic. Praise for maggot moon gardner does a masterful job of portraying standish s dyslexia through the linguistic swerves of his narration, and although the ending is pure heartbreak, she leaves readers with a hopeful message about the power of one boy to stand up to evil. March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner tomes. When his best friend, hector, is suddenly taken away, standish. Maggot moon is a short but powerful little story that cant fail to move you. So when standish and his only friend and neighbor, hector, make their way to the other side of the wall, they see what the motherland has been hiding. Fifteenyearold standish lives in a ruined building with his grandfather in dismal zone seven. Dec 22, 20 another guest post it took a while for anyone to take us up on the offer, but when it rains, it pours.
But who needs reading and writing when you can be as affectionate and intelligent as standish. The motherland culls those who are different, unwanted, or independent. In an alternate 1950s, standish treadwell is growing up in. Oct 17, 20 maggot moon is a short but powerful little story that cant fail to move you. Maggot moons 15yearold dyslexic hero is written off by teachers and bullied by classmates. Both chilling and stunning, maggot moon is reminiscent of both 1984 and the handmaids tale. More importantly, if they find the moon man, what will happen to standish and his grandfather. Exmotherland engineer and refused to work on a space launch to the moon. Gardner does a masterful job of portraying standish s dyslexia through the linguistic swerves of his narration, and although the ending is pure heartbreak, she leaves readers with a hopeful message about the power of one boy to stand up to evil. Maggot moon won this years costa coffee childrens book award and is probably the one to beat when it comes to carnegie.
Standish shares some of the nature of todd, the hero of the knife of never letting go by patrick ness, another book that will be read and spoken of for a long time to come. He is a teenage dyslexic whose family lives in zone 7. This is partly due to the way its written, which is well thoughtout and concise and some of the chapters are only half a page. They live together in zone 7 where the motherland can keep them, and others like them, under surveillance. When the friends find out something about the motherlands plans for a moon landing their lives take on ever more threatening levels of change. Maggot moon based on the novel by sally gardner adapted for the stage by jemma kennedy directed by jesse jones. Standish and the moon man wait in silent dread until finally there is a noise in the garden. But maggot moon is far from being the heartwarming story of a boy who finds friendship and overcomes his difficulties.
In warm weather it may be fully developed in 3 days, reaching 1012 mm in length, but under less satisfactory conditions it may take 30 days to complete development. Maggot moon by sally gardner maggot moon is an extremely quick read. When fully fed the maggot appears waxy and ivoryyellow in colour. What is the historical what if that puts the plot of maggot moon into motion. It tells the story of a dyslexic boy, standish treadwell, living in an alternative 1950s britain who stands up to a brutal dictatorship. I pictured standish, hector and his friends to be ten or eleven, maybe twelve, but then we are told that they are in fact a class of fifteen year olds. It reads really fast with its short chapters and compelling plot, which will be attractive to even the most reluctant readers. There are traintrack thinkers, then theres you, standish, a breeze in the park of imagination. Without standish s intervention, do you think they could have succeeded. Image caption maggot moon is a novel set in a dystopian version of 1950s britain. Barbara was a middle school librarian and the youth services coordinator for a public library system for her day jobs. A very engaging text, maggot moon would be ideal for crosscurricular links to history. British writer sally gardners fifth novel, maggot moon, set in a tyrannical dictatorship called the motherland, the sort of place. March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner maggot moon by sally gardner proved to be a very thoughtprovoking novel and one that easily falls into that crossover genre bridging both ya and adult fiction.
Meet the author, sally gardner who decided to make standish dyslexic because she has dyslexia. Incredibly original maggot moon tells the story of standish treadwell, a dyslexic boy, who struggles to read and write, and therefore everybody has decided that he is stupid. He finds out about their secret plan to use space weapons and escapes. Maggot moon is deliciously layered and the protagonist standish treadwell is as endearing as they come. Did you always intend to write a book with a hero who was dyslexic. In gardners maggot moon, the dyslexic hero standish treadwell stands up. Jul 04, 2014 apparently, three days earlier, there was an incident that not only involved standish and hector, but they are the key to finding the moon man who crash landed in the motherland. She has severe dyslexia, diagnosed at 12 and didnt. May 30, 20 standish isnt just a dreamer though, hes dyslexic. What other means does the motherland use to silence dissent. Though the author denied that a maggot is a historical novel, it does take place during a precise historical timeframe, may 1736 to february 1737, in england. But standish treadwell who has differentcolored eyes, who cant read, cant write, standish treadwell isnt bright sees things differently than the rest of the traintrack thinkers.
Maggot moon by sally gardner scheme of workpowerpointresources. Maggot moon, by sally gardner 20 living in a totalitarian state in an alternate version of the 1950s, 15yearold standish treadwell and his best friend make a startling discovery. The ruling party is never defined nor the motherland named, but every injustice in standish treadwells world will remind you of the horrors of the nazi regime. Why are the men in the leather jackets so desperate to find the moon man. A 2012 study estimated the population of maggots in north america alone to be in excess of 3. Standish treadwell and his gramps live in zone seven where they are outcasts and are from the lower hierarchy chart, theyre the unwanted group. He is a teenage dyslexic whose family lives in zone 7, in a city that is never named but feels like london. The motherland is a world in which individuality and difference are crushed but standish treadwell wont be subdued. The novel is about a dyslexic boy called standish who lives together with his grandfather in. And soon standish finds he really does have to make a stand. Standish treadwells best friend and wants to leave the motherland with standish and his family. Sep 06, 2012 maggot moon is an eerie book that takes place in an alternate historical place pretty much similar to the nazi days but the main concern here isnt hitler but the journey to the moon. When his best friend, hector, is suddenly taken away, standish treadwell realises that it is up to him, his grandfather and a small band of rebels to confront. A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion winner of the carnegie medal and a 2012 costa award winner.
His old teacher, miss connolly and his best friend, hector recognise him as an original. Bbc news reports that sally gardner, once labeled as unteachable at school due to dyslexia, has won the prestigious carnegie medal for her book maggot moon hot key books. Maggot moon by sally gardner takes place in the motherland. Like others who havent been arrested or disappeared, he attends a strict, regimented school. Her protagonist in maggot moon, standish treadwell, is also dyslexic, and his. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to be moved by maggot moons powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of standish. Aug 08, 20 march discussion maggot moon by sally gardner maggot moon by sally gardner proved to be a very thoughtprovoking novel and one that easily falls into that crossover genre bridging both ya and adult fiction. Maggot moon teacher resources by unicorn theatre issuu. Then comes a book like sally gardners brilliant, shattering maggot moon and suddenly dystopia feels new again. The character of standish treadwell, who is at the centre of the story, became. The kids at school tease him, chanting, standish treadwell. Maggot moon by sally gardner scheme of workpowerpoint.
Standish is different and his grandfather has secrets hidden in the basement secrets the motherland will kill to protect. Meet the author, sally gardner who decided to make standish. The protagonist and narrator of the text is a young british schoolboy named standish treadwell, and critics. Standish lives there with his grandfather now that his parents have simply disappeared, gone to the maggot farm killed as far as standish is.
Maggot moon is an eerie book that takes place in an alternate historical place pretty much similar to the nazi days but the main concern here isnt hitler but the journey to the moon. Cant read, cant write, standish treadwell isnt bright. When his best friend, hector, is suddenly taken away, standish tread. Maggot moon is the stunning new novel from awardwinning author sally. What are the advantages of being a traintrack thinker. The maggot leaves the larval environment in search of a cooler and drier place in which to pupate. And hes willing to do something that no one does anymore selfsacrifice. This is a grim and violent fable that pulls no punches and delivers emotional heft. It is impossible not to be moved by maggot moons utterly original, powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of standish. British writer sally gardners fifth novel, maggot moon, set in a tyrannical dictatorship called the motherland, the sort of place europe might have become had the nazis won world war ii, is. Sally gardners maggot moon might be my favorite book of 2012, alongside. It has a completely likeable hero, standish treadwell.